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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ben's father forbid anyone mentioning?
2. Into what is despair transformed in the gas chambers?
3. What does Ben study carefully that is a bit disorienting?
4. What is one thing Ben dreads when young?
5. Who is too weak to come to Idhra?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ben compare Petra's skin and lightning imprints?
2. What does Ben say about lightning?
3. What does Michaela say about her parents and the pioneer museum?
4. What is the parable of the rabbi traveling incognito and what is the moral of the parable?
5. What impact does being in Idhra have on Jakob?
6. What does Ben find in Jakob's study?
7. How does Jakob relate a theory by Einstein to the Holocaust?
8. How does Ben's relationship with Petra evolve?
9. What is the significance of the color yellow?
10. How are Jakob's initial days in Greece?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Fugitive Pieces". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in this book. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of death. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters are affected by the death of friends and family? How?
4. Trace and analyze the theme of not forgetting the past in "Fugitive Pieces". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters are affected by the the past the most? How? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:
1. Fully explain why you think "Fugitive Pieces" is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?
2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.
3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.
4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Fugitive Pieces".
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of the book. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Fugitive Pieces". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
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